八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷.doc

八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（II ）卷一、 阅读理解。 (共4题；共35分)1. （10分）NewsA MATCH(比赛)Time: Friday 5:00 p.m.Place: the school playgroundProgram: basketball matchTeam(队): between Class 9, Grade 7and Class 4, Grade 7Poster(海报)The Red Star Cinema(电影院)Monday- SaturdayThe Old Man and the Sea(老人与海)Time: 7:15 p.m.Tickets(票): Grown-ups(成人) : ￥20Students:￥10LostA red purseThere is an ID card and some money in it. My name is David. Please call 366-0597根据表格信息，选择最佳答案。（1）If(如果) you are a team member(队员) of Class 4,Grade 7, youll have a match with _on Friday.A . Class 9, Grade 7B . Class 7, Grade 9C . Class 4, Grade 7D . Class 9, Grade 9（2）If you want to see the movie The Old Man and the Sea, you can go to _.A . the school playgroundB . the Red Star CinemaC . Longtan ZooD . the Lost and Found（3）You may_ at 7:15 p.m. every Friday.A . watch a basketball matchB . watch a movieC . watch the dolphin showD . come to the Lost and Found（4）If you find a red purse and there is an ID card in it, you can call_.A . 623-3456B . 366-0579C . 355-0597D . 366-0597（5）The Greens(格林夫妻) with their twelve-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son want to watch the movie. How much are the tickets?A . ￥60B . ￥30C . ￥40D . ￥502. （10分） JOLIN Tsai (蔡依林), a famous singer, has become an English teacher! But she is not staying in a classroom to give you talks in English. Instead, she has published (出版) a new book, Jolins English Diary Book. It came out in Taiwan in March. Jolin is helping you learn English in a light hearted way and give you useful words for life outside your textbooks.I hope its a happy English book, she said, When you learn English in a fun way, you will keep on doing it. This certainly doesnt mean just reciting (背诵) words. Jolin has a lot of clever ways of learning. She likes to listen to English songs or find friends to talk to in English. She has been good at English since Grade 3 in primary school (小学). Because of this, she hosted (主持) news programme on the radio herself.Jolin knows its important to put English to good use. So, in her English diaries, she wrote something about her everyday life, like study, fashion (时尚), travel and family. After each diary, she gives you lots of notea.You can use them often, too! Jolin also asks you to keep diaries like hers.（1）When did Jolin Tsai publish Jolins English Diary Book ?A . In MayB . hi AprilC . In MarchD . In June（2）She has been good at English _.A . since she became a famous singerB . since she was in Grade 3C . since she was in college (大学)D . since she was 3 years old（3）Jolin thinks that _ is important for us to learn English.A . just reciting wordsB . hosting a programme on the radioC . studying in the classroomD . putting English to good use（4）Whats the meaning of light-hearted in the passage?A . 轻松愉快的B . 漫不经心的C . 迷迷糊糊的D . 乐于助人的（5）From the passage we know that _.A . she is not only a famous singer but also an English teacher in a primary schoolB . you dont have to keep English diariesC . she teaches us how to be a famous singer in Jolins English Diary BookD . Jolin Tsai shows us how to learn English in a fun way3. （10分）阅读理解 Japanese students work very hard, but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressure from their parents to do well in school. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life. Though this may be a good idea for those very smart students, it can have terrible results for many students because they are not talented enough.As it is reported, a number of students killed themselves. Others try to get the feelings of taking drugs(毒品). Some join the groups of troublemakers and turn to crime(犯罪). Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hopes. Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they dont want to go to school any longer.It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any ways .Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and it is the teachers work to help their children. To make matter worse, a lot of parents send their children to those school opening in the evenings and on weekends they only help students to pass exams and never teach students any real sense of the world. It is a great surprise that almost three quarters of middle school students have been to such kind of schools. Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students hair to their clothes and the things in their bags. Child psychologists (儿童心理学家)now think that such strict rules are harmful (有害的)to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong, how to show love for others, even for their parents.（1）Why do the Japanese student feel unhappy? A . Because they dont work hard enough.B . Because their parents give them little pressure.C . Because they cant do well in their schoolwork.D . Because their parents want them to do well in school, it give them much pressure.（2）Their parents want them to study hard because _. A . their parents want to have a wonderful lifeB . they want their kids to have a wonderful life in the futureC . they cant do well in their own workD . the kids wants to have a wonderful life（3）Why a lot of teenagers killed themselves or did something criminal? A . Because they like to do that.B . Because they thought their parents didnt love them any more.C . Because they thought everyone hated them.D . Both B and C .（4）Who do the parents think should help the kids when they cant do well in school work? A . Teachers.B . Parents.C . Someone else.D . Their classmates.（5）What do child psychologists think is harmful to the feelings of children? A . Schools have too much rules about everything.B . The parents dont help their children.C . Children cant do well in their school work.D . Parents send their children to all kinds of school which are opening on weekends.4. （5分）阅读理解DI have just finished my job as a teacher in France and there are a few weeks before I will start my new job in my hometown. _ I am having a good time. However, living with my parents also brings some problems. Luckily, I have some rules to solve them._Most people think privacy (隐私) is very important in their lives. If you want your parents to knock (敲) on the door before they come into your room, you should do the same thing before you enter their room. Only in this way can you show them the importance of knocking.Do some chores._ But if you choose to do chores before your parents ask you to do so, you will feel in control of your own time. Also, you can choose the chores that you like to do.Dont always criticize (指责).Its easy for you to criticize your parents because you know they love you the most. _ But that doesnt mean you should do like that. You should be polite to them and talk with them in a nice way._Sometimes arguments (争吵) happen between you and your parents because its difficult to get on well with everyone all the time. But once the arguments finish, try to say sorry to your parents as soon as possible.根据短文内容，从方框中选择合适的句子填入文中空缺处，使短文完整、通顺。其中有一个句子是多余的。A. Everyone knows that chores are not fun.B. And you know they will always love you no matter (不论) what you say.C. Now Im living with my parents after five years of being away.D. Say sorry.E. Find someone interesting to talk to.F. Always knock.二、 完形填空。 (共1题；共10分)5. （10分）完形填空Hello ,my friends.I 1_free this Sunday. We have no classes. I would like 2out tor a picnic with my family on the farm. My mother and I do some shopping3the morning. My mother buys some4,like bread and chicken . I buy5bags of milk. A bar of chocolate needs 11 yuan , but I buy five 650 yuan. Bananas are my7I take a lot of bananas with 8.On the farm we see many rabbits. They are very9.I like them very much. We are all 10on that day.（1）A . / B . am C . do D . does （2）A . go B . going C . goes D . to go （3）A . in B . at C . on D . of （4）A . drinks B . food C . colors D . clothes （5）A . a B . some C . any D . much （6）A . with B . of C . for D . about （7）A . favorite B . glad C . just D . sure （8）A . I B . me C . my D . mine （9）A . heavy B . tall C . cute D . wide （10）A . different B . same C . right D . happy 三、 语法填空。 (共1题；共10分)6. （10分）阅读下面的材料，在空白处填上适当单词或根据所给单词选择适当形式填空。Strange things happened in Tangshan. _ three days, water in the wells kept _ (rise) and falling. _ (smell) gas came out from the cracks of wells. Animals became _ (nerve). There were other signs of an earthquake but the people thought little of these events. At 3: 42 a. m., everything began to shake. The world seemed _ (be) at an end. One-third of the nation felt the _ (great) earthquake. In fifteen seconds the city lay ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or _ (injure). Thousands of families were killed and many children were left _ parents. Then later that afternoon, _ big quake shook Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. _ all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help the rescue work. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.四、 根据下列句子及所给词的首字母，写出各单词的完整形式。每空一词 (共10题；共18分)7. （1分）The old man died of a(n) _(突然的) illness last week. 8. （1分）B_ it or not, some plants can eat insects. 9. （1分）Its dangerous to stand on the_(边缘) of the mountain. 10. （1分）The h